Sting Does It Old School at the Grammys
Warning: Gratuitous Sting-Loving Ahead How freakin’ awesome was Sting at the Grammys last night? Reuniting with The Police, showing off his incredible guns, and doing an amazing rendition of Roxanne. Bestill my heart. Sting is a longtime environmentalist, yogi, and infamously, practicer of tantric sex. But it’s his love for…
2People…..Can Change the Climate
If you’re the kind of person who wants to hug trees, AND hang out with friends, or is maybe just getting started greening your life and getting political about who’s managing our planet’s resources, then check out 2People . This site isn’t a ‘green’ dating site, there are plenty of…
Green Building 101
This month’s WIRED and E/The Environmental Magazine both have great features on the many and varied ways of constructing an eco-home. E Magazine’s coverage focuses on the history and current status of green building in the US, including lots of stats, facts and info (like that buildings consume 65% of…
Ask Laurie David!
Laurie David is promoting her new book which comes out this month, called Stop Global Warming: The Solution is You– An Activist’s Guide. I’m setting up an interview with her and I would love to ask her questions from Eco Chick readers. What question do you have for the doyenne…
Ecohood
Check out the Ecohood vlog that’s got all kinds of enviro-videos, from interviews with activists like Vandana Shiva, to clips of David Attenborough explaining climate change. These are particularly good for convincing skeptics of an argument that you might have a hard time explaining, or for brushing up on the details…
Google Gives Some Green
As reported last Thursday in the NYTimes, Google is setting up a for-profit philanthropy arm. Called Google.org, and begun with seed money of $1 Billion (is that all?) the group has specific aims to fight povery, disease, and global warming. Of course global warming only exacerbates poverty and disease, so by working on…
Stevie Dearest, I'm Moving In.
Believe me, I’m not giving up my nomadic ways quite yet, but if I had to live somewhere…well, I would just move in with Steve Glenn. Steve is the founder and CEO of Living Homes. Congratulations to him because he has created the country’s first “platinum” status for a home…
S4: Sustainability Trends in Fashion
You can say you heard it from the horse’s mouth. S4 is launching this month with its premier issue on MOSO (bamboo). We went a little overboard with the design of this one…believe me, subsequent newsletters will not be 50+ pages long. The full report is available via consultation, and…
Red State, The Movie
Many of us awoke the morning after the 2004 presidential election feeling disillusioned and despondent. The victory that George Bush was enjoying left millions around the world asking; “How could this happen?” Last week, my friend Michael Shea, was on Sam Seder’s radio show, The Majority Report, on Air America…
Ms. Green Jeans
Check out this interview (from Grist) of Tierra del Forte, the designer behind Del Forte Denim. The questions after the jump are a little more ‘fun’ than the first few shown here, so read on! 24 Jul 2006 What work do you do? I’m a designer and the founder of Del Forte…
